Limit theorems for monolayer ballistic deposition in the continuum

DOI10.1023/A:1012275725505MaRDI QIDQ5956958zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mathew D. Penrose

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0106163

zbMATH Keywords

model for sequential deposition of colloidal particles onto an adsorption surfacemonolayer ballistic depositionspatial law of large numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) (L^p)-limit theorems (60F25) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99)

Abstract: We consider a deposition model in which balls rain down at random towards a 2-dimensional surface, roll downwards over existing adsorbed balls, are adsorbed if they reach the surface, and discarded if not. We prove a spatial law of large numbers and central limit theorem for the ultimate number of balls adsorbed onto a large toroidal surface, and also for the number of balls adsorbed on the restriction to a large region of an infinite surface.

Review text

The author proves a spatial law of large numbers and a central limit theorem for an infinite-input continuum model for sequential deposition of colloidal particles onto an adsorption surface (or substrate), which has received attention in its own right on grounds of realism, namely, a form of monolayer ballistic deposition representing deposition in the presence of a gravitational field. Each incoming particle occupies a Euclidean ball of radius \(\rho\) in \(\mathbb{R}^{d+1}\), with \(d=2\) or \(d=1\); the \((d+1)\)st coordinate represents ``height. An incoming particle falls perpendicularly from above towards a substrate represented by the surface \(\mathbb{R}^d\times \{0\}\subset \mathbb{R}^{d+1}\), which is identified with the lower-dimensional space \(\mathbb{R}^d\) or a subregion thereof. Its downward motion is vertical until it hits the substrate or one of the particles previously adsorbed. If it contacts a previously deposited particle, then the new particle rools, following the path of steepest descent, until it reaches a stable position. If the new particle reaches the adsorption surface, it is fixed there; otherwise it is removed from the system. The results are stated and proved only for \(d=2\) as changing to \(d=1\) making things easier.

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